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Neminath Jain Temple, originally known as Karnavihara, is a Jain temple dedicated to the Jain tirthankara Neminatha. It is on Girnar hill, near the city of Junagadh in Gujarat, India. The temple is the foremost temple among all of the Girnar Jain temples. The oldest part of the present temple was built c. 1129 CE, using Māru-Gurjara ...
Girnar was anciently called Raivata or Ujjayanta, sacred amongst the Jains to Neminath, the 22nd Tirthankara, and a place of pilgrimage since before 250 BCE. [2]Situated on the first plateau of Mount Girnar at the height of about 3800 steps, at an altitude of 2370 ft above Junagadh, still some 600 ft below the first summit of Girnar, there are Jain temples with marvelous carvings in marble.
Neminath temple, Girnar in 1911, from northeast. Neminatha is one of the five most devotionally revered Tirthankaras, along with Mahavira, Rishabhanatha, Parshvanatha and Shantinatha. [40] Various Jain temple complexes across India feature him, and these are important pilgrimage sites in Jainism.
The temple was historically a Jain temple. [44] So the temple construction, renovation and reconstruction history extends from the mid-8th century to the 15th century. [42] As per archaeologist James Burgess's works on Gujarat's history, Ambika temple was not a Hindu shrine and that Jains had built it and Hindus had occupied it later. [45]
The Palitana temples, often known only as Palitana, are a large complex of Jain temples located on Shatrunjaya hills near Palitana in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India.Also known as "Padliptapur of Kathiawad" in historic texts, the dense collection of almost 900 small shrines and large temples have led many to call Palitana the "city of temples". [1]
Pages in category "Jain temples in Gujarat" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Neminath Jain Temple, Girnar; P. Palitana temples;
English: This is the plan of the largest temple on Mount Girnar, dedicated to the Tirthankara Neminatha. The temple opens to the east. It features a Nagara style shikara with an amalaka and kalasa on the top. The temple has many secondary shrines (as seen on the plan) with Jain deities.
Of all these temples built by the brothers, only few survives such as Vastupala-vihara at Girnar (1231 CE), Neminath Temple at Abu and the temple at Prabhas. Other extant temples of this period is Sambhavanatha temple at Kumbhariya, Jain marble temple at Sarotra and Panch-Pandava Temple on Shatrunjaya. [17]